Can someone give me some information about them. why they was created? where they played. how many fans where they getting. who created them. lastly why they folded, cant find any information on the internet. thanks in advance
Played at Dorothy human stadium Cudworth Clint marcell was supposed to be the manager, saw him at training but he never managed in the season.
I believe they started as a potential replacement if Barnsley went under. I used to ball boy for them. Played their first season at the Hyman in Cudworth then on the academy pitch at Oakwell after that as the Hyman pitch wasn't big enough for the Midlands league. No more than 70 or so fans tops. Wasn't a big thing. Unsure as to who set them up, but there was a few ex Barnsley academy players involved. A lad called Grant Black was one, quality player for them. Unsure as to why the folded, maybe something to do with the future of Barnsley FC being secured. I only went for the first season. Won every league game except the last game of the season, and won one of the two cup competitions. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
I think they would have only took off if we had gone under. When we didn't it was a bit pointless I think
A lad called Grant Black was one, quality player for them. Ha ha he did. He's my boss. Saw his player of year trophy in his shed other week when I was round at his
He's the only one I can remember off the top of my head. Was something else at that level. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
Grant is a top man. Spent the best part of 5 years as my manager with Craig Parry at junior level football whilst also playing for Stalybridge. Think Grant's still playing now.. Buxton was the last I heard.
funded by PC as far as we the uneducated know, Folded when BFC's future was secured. There's a few who posted on here who could really fill in all the details Gav Bassinder was a star for them, played up front and got 30 odd goals, was an ex Bfc junior at right back though
He went to Bradford PA to join my other boss (Mark Hume). Humey left to manage Matlock(still does). In between Blacky went to Nth Ferriby for a few months the joined Matlock as player coach.
I live just two houses down from craig parry, well i did... think hes moved out now but uses that house as a base for his business.
here's an article from football forum taken from The Star I think Non-League will have a new name among its ranks next term after disillusioned fans broke away from Second Division Barnsley this week to form AFC Barnsley. Led by law student Paul Bestall, the group, fed-up at the way their club was being run by Mayor of Barnsley, Peter Doyle, have created their own club and have even targeted former Tyke Clint Marcelle as their first signing. And the dream, which was first mooted by Bestall on a web-site forum after a 4-0 home defeat by Bristol City last November, turned into reality on Tuesday when AFC Barnsley were accepted into the Kitclub Central Midlands League. Doyle took control of the administration-run Nationwide League outfit last December and promptly removed all board members and shareholders, apart from chairman John Dennis. Six months on, the Oakwell outfit are still in administration because the CVA has not been settled, are under a transfer embargo and only avoided falling from the Premiership to Third Division in five seasons by five points. On top of all this, local media reported that most of the first team squad were paid their April salaries late because Doyle was in the Ukraine on mayoral business and paid staff with personal cheques. For Bestall, 30, and fellow season-ticket holders Paul Hodgkinson, Don McCarron and Robert Holt enough was enough, AFC Barnsley was born. "We've been called every name under the sun this season and we are sick of it," said Bestall. "We have been called the "slime that crawls from under bricks" by Peter Doyle since he bought the club on December 12. "For the first month he was saying to us "you don't deserve a club". We were getting 10,000 and we were third bottom in the Second Division. If that's not supporting a club I don't know what is. "In January we were told that £10 million investment was coming into the club, but he wouldn't say any more because he was sick of 'mischievous fans causing him problems'. "As yet the £10 million hasn't arrived, but that was our fault because apparently our negativity was scaring off potential investors. So we've done something about it." Bestall has registered AFC with the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA, has another fan looking into a kit deal with Reebok and has contacted previous sponsors of Barnsley for financial support. Today (Sunday) he will hold talks today with Northern Counties East side Worsbrough Bridge about sharing their Park Road ground. "We are chuffed to bits that the Central Midlands have accepted us," added Bestall. "The chairman Frank Harwood was very positive about what we could bring to the league. "He said the average gate is between 50 and 100, and I told him we are looking at between 250 and 1,000. Last season we had 8,000 season ticket holders and now no-one has said they'll get one. "AFC Wimbledon have been brilliant as well. They have sent us ideas, told us how they went through it, what they did. "We are in the process of setting all the supporters' trust up, getting forms from Companies House. But is it going to be run with everything we make going back into the club. "We are trying to track down one of our old players, Clint Marcelle, who played for Harrogate Railway and Hucknall last season. We'd like to make him our first signing, so if he's out there, get in touch!"
let it go fella or ask Sheff tyke... he apparently won the lottery and set up AFC Barnsley.... nowt to do with Mr Cryne at all.... Yeah reyt,
It was originally set up by Sheff tyke but was going nowhere. Pat Cryne decided to get involved after being frustrated by the administrator and Pete Doyle. Pat Cryne and Dave Hancock asked me to introduce them to sheff tyke (I was a mate of Daves back then and they knew I used the board regularly) . We met up at Dorothy Hyman stadium the day that players trials had been planned. It was a bit surreal as Peter Ridsdale turned up as well. Pat Cryne funded it until he got control BFC then folded it. It was all done a bit cloak and dagger really, not sure why. I know my loyalty to PC caused me a lot of crap on this board back then to the point I stopped using it for a few years.
p.c. didn't fold it as such he said they could carry on and use the oakwell facilities but had to be self sufficient
